Iraq continues to struggle with its premiership after the resignation of Adel Abdul Mahdi in December, but President Salih has continued to try to fill the post, naming Intelligence Chief Mustafa Khahdimi as the latest PM-designate charged with trying to form a government.
A split government and large anti-government protests make that a tall order, and Khadhimi is the third person charged with trying to put together a cabinet in the past 10 weeks, following Mohammed Allawi and Adnan Zurfi.
Iran issued a statement congratulating Khadhimi, suggesting he is a pro-Iran candidate. The US has yet to comment, but so far, no one has been palatable to both the US and Iran. Zurfi was a pro-US candidate, and Iran insisted he was unacceptable.
In the long run, any PM would be very temporary, just readying election laws for a new vote, but for now, even that seems to be a lofty goal for an Iraq that is struggling to get anything together resembling a stable government.
Iraq and Libya are two places we destroyed the government and the leadership they had . I suspect Syria would have been leaderless too if only we could have gotten rid of Assad.
Any pro-Iraq candidates? They seem to be limited to pro-U.S. and pro-Iran choices.
And what about that formal written demand for U.S. troops to leave Iraq?
We are lucky when we have a pro-America candidate running. They are are typically pro-Israel, pro-Deep State, and pro-Globalist Cabal (or all of the above). Why should we be shocked that nobody in Iraq gives a damn about Iraq?
That’s a good point actually.
The policy of siding with quisling elites against their own people worked great for all Western meddlers in Iran.
“The unwritten history of Israel’s alliance with the Shah’s dictatorship” – Eitay Mack, 972 Magazine June 24, 2019.
https://www.972mag.com/israel-shah-iran-dictatorship/
“Mission Accomplished??” Who would have thought that illegally and immorally destroying a nation based on 100% LIES, murdering their leader, destroying the infrastructure, putting in a puppet regime, and pretending “nirvana” would be right around the corner…..would work out so poorly? Oh right – EVERYONE WITH A BRAIN!!!!!
So the country you saved from Saddam in 2003 has dared to be independent and rely on a neighbor, not the USA, to provide help, so you are upset?